Tradition is the following of those before us, treading, sometimes stumbling in footsteps carved into the earth by the passing of those whose voices we never heard but still echo
it was tradition, or so they said. the gowns, the jewels, the flowers woven delicately into her hair. this would be the wedding of the century. and as the centuries passed, the jewels faded, the flowers wilted, and everything she had turned to dust before her eyes.
In respect of our ancestors we follow
But time flows and things change
Beauty is found in trying to preserve what’s changing to keep a memory of the past
She followed the tradition, of giving alms to the monks in the morning, preparing the dishes with foods such as curries and fried vegetables. Then she waited on the street for the monks to come, barefoot and wearing their thin cotton robes, walking peacefully in the cold morning.
Tradition is the following of those before us, treading, sometimes stumbling in footsteps carved into the earth by the passing of those whose voices we never heard but still echo
it was tradition, or so they said. the gowns, the jewels, the flowers woven delicately into her hair. this would be the wedding of the century. and as the centuries passed, the jewels faded, the flowers wilted, and everything she had turned to dust before her eyes.
In respect of our ancestors we follow
But time flows and things change
Beauty is found in trying to preserve what’s changing to keep a memory of the past
She followed the tradition, of giving alms to the monks in the morning, preparing the dishes with foods such as curries and fried vegetables. Then she waited on the street for the monks to come, barefoot and wearing their thin cotton robes, walking peacefully in the cold morning.